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Tactics For Advertising Without Adwords

By Brian Basch

Google Adwords and Google Adsense are so popular in the online marketing world, that they have all but eclipsed the other forms of advertising available to marketers. In their enthusiasm to jump on the bandwagon people are overlooking many other cost effective ways to advertise

Adwords is a method of pay per click marketing. Here is how it works; advertisers are charged a nominal amount every time their ad is viewed. Although the charges are usually less than a dollar, they can accumulate into a larger amount. This is especially true of popular keywords, as these can create a large quantity of worthless leads. It is certainly a risk and if you are not careful your campaign can eat up your advertising budget.

The good news is that Adwords is not your only option for online advertising. Contrary to popular belief it is not the most widely used advertising method. Savvy marketers will recognize the fact that there are many options available for them. When they think beyond Adwords the advertiser will discover more profitable and cost effective methods of advertising.

Social marketing is a great alternative to Google Adwords. There are many ways to do this but blogs and forums are a couple of the best. Here you will discover groups of people who have a common interest in a subject. These are both powerful promotion tools. In fact just a small blog can reap big profits.

Another effective promotion is placing ads on other people's websites. Be careful about doing this. You must be very aware of your market and to whom you are trying to reach. Market analysis and customer awareness is a must. 3 options are open for you, when you use this promotion. Banner or text ads can be used. You can either pay a flat fee to the owner of the website, or pay for each click, as in pay per click advertising.

The following 2 methods involve using website content. This is a powerful way to advertise on another website. Companies will pay writers to provide their website content. They know that good content will increase traffic and build their credibility. Smart advertisers can take advantage of this and get some free exposure. They can submit their own articles complete with bios and ask these companies to use the articles as valuable web content. These articles will in turn allow back links to be created.

The success of this promotion depends on the visitor completing the article and using the link in the bio for more information. Unfortunately the chances are slim that they will do this, as the attention span of most readers is short. As an alternative links back to your website can be sprinkled throughout the article. If while reading a person wants more details or better understanding of some points they can follow these links back to your website. This is termed hosted content. If you put in links into your article you may have to pay a commission, because the links will encourage visitors to leave the site.

With these tactics Internet advertisers have a chance to increase revenue. By not taking chances with Adwords they may in fact save money and prestige.

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